Contemporary Visual Artist
"The material itself is the art, and the physical act of painting is the content."
Artist Statement
Deeply rooted in a contemporary re-exploration of Art Informel, Sun vehemently rejects geometric abstraction and rational composition — surrendering instead to spontaneity, intuition, and the elements of chance.
Ambrose University, Calgary — A radical departure from Beijing to Alberta: five acrylic paintings exploring pure gesture, color, and the act of painting itself.
Beijing & China — Installations, sculpture, and painting from the Shangyuan Art Museum residency and beyond. With critical reviews from international writers.
About the Artist
Yukun Sun is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist whose practice is a radical re-exploration of Art Informel. After relocating from Beijing to Calgary, Alberta, he has completely dismantled the boundaries of traditional representation, arriving at a state of absolute artistic purity.
Working primarily with oil and acrylic, Sun completely strips away metaphorical and symbolic interpretations — insisting on "the self-evident nature of art." He amplifies raw texture, the spontaneous generation of traces, and the inherent friction between color, tension, and space. To Sun, the artwork has no premeditated theme; the process itself is the meaning, and the physical act of painting is the content.
Professional Background
Selected Exhibitions
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